Disclaimer- *author rolls her eyes* I of course do not own escaflowne. If I did I would be filthy rich, which I am not.
Notes-
Sorry it took me a week to get this out, but I was trying to think of something
a little exciting happening in this chapter. Don't worry I thought of
*something*. Hope you like this chapter. Read and review please.
Daybreak…
The chilly mist awoke Hitomi
up from her slumber. She felt strong arms around her waist and smiled softly.
She turned slightly, so she now facing Van. Hitomi kissed Van softly as he
slowly awoke to deepen the kiss further. He opened his eyes slowly after they
parted to stare into his lovers smiling face. She slowly sat up looking over to
Allen who was still unconscious, but at least he looked to be sleeping peacefully.
Getting up he felt the cold
mist that Hitomi had felt earlier. Looking over himself he decided that, 'I've
been in worst shape and Hitomi has saved me more than once, so I am lucky to
even be alive,' he thought, 'I owe her so much; I might not be able to give her
anything in return to be enough for her.' Glancing over to Hitomi he saw that
she was scanning the area for any sign of the enemy. Then he blanched at the
thought that they hadn't eaten in quite a while.
'I'm really hungry, but we
have more problems on our hands without food,' Hitomi thought to herself. There
was no sign of the enemy, but she was sure they were out there. 'Van and Allen
were in worst shape than me and we have enough problems as it is,' she thought,
'Let me see; food, Merle, Jake, injuries, the list goes on, but me must get out
of here to ho find the others.' She turned to Van and said without expression,
"let's go."
The two draconians, with now
spread wings, shot straight out of the cave not looking back. Hitomi used her
pendant to guide them in the direction where the enemy castle was, east. Flying
though the clouds, so nobody would see them, Hitomi used her pendant again to
figure out they need to head south. Yet further ahead of them they were in for
quite a nasty surprise.
Another mile down they ran
into the last thing they expected to run into. A dragon. Oh, only your ordinary
dragon. Fifteen feet tall, with scales as red as lava; they had an interesting
glow about them. Eyes blazing with fury at something that was unknown to Hitomi
and Van. The ten foot long tail had about twenty long spikes running down it
and looked, well, uh painful enough to kill someone. Claws sharper than an
eagle's eyes livid with rage. 'Yep the best week I've ever had in my life,'
thought Hitomi sarcastically.
The dragon reeled throwing
itself at them. It's tail came around; Hitomi dodged, but not fats enough. It's
tail clipped her in the arm making a deep gash she have to tend to later if she
ever got out of this mess. At least Van dodged fast enough. The dragon had yet
another surprise though. Fire. Out of fury the dragon opened its mouth wide and
shot fire towards them. Van had barely enough time to slam into Hitomi moving
them just out of the range of the blazing fire. The winding river was still
below them, which gave Hitomi an idea. It was a long shot, but it might just
work.
Flying back towards the
dragon getting its attention was the hard part. She flew up carefully circling
the dragon a few times before it happened. The dragon charged at her with such
speed she had to do 360 to avoid it. She dived looking over her shoulder to
make sure the dragon was still following her. The dragon was right on her tail.
She getting closer, closer, 'NOW' her mind screamed. She pulled up from a magnificent
dive while the dragon plunged into the deep river.
Slowly, breathing heavily as
if she had just ran a long ways, she fluttered up to Van. He had watched the
whole thing with a look of shock and horror on his face. When she finally got
up to him, he grabbed her in a tight hug like he never wanted to let go and
said, " NEVER do that again!!" With
that he kissed her with all the built up passion he had inside of him. When
they parted both were gasping for breath. With that he watched her like a hawk
until they in view of a cave near the castle. By now it was almost dusk and
they needed to rest, so they that's what they did for the night.
"Captain, they're leaving,"
said an out of breath sentry.
"WHAT," the captain roared
jumping out of bed.
Sure enough he opened the
tent and saw Hitomi and Van quite a distance away. The captain shouted orders
at the men to pack up and from a line. When he used that tone of voice they
knew to listen. They started following the general some distance away from him,
so he couldn't lash out at them. He was headed back to the castle and the
general was definitely NOT going to be very happy.
Walking along the rapid
river they were silent for the most part. None were idiotic enough to bother
the captain. Alloran, the sentry, kept a vigil watch over the woods for any
sign of life. He knew dragons lived in this part and would not be a pleasant
surprise to meet up with one in their current state.
Suddenly out of nowhere a
familiar furious dragon attacked. Killing three instantly with it's tail and
five more with it's fiery breath. Now there were only about four soldiers left.
The dragon killed two more with it's claws. The only two that were left were
Alloran and Falon. Alloran dived into the river as an attempt to escape while
Falon ran for it. Nobody knows what happened to Alloran, but Falon died of
injuries that night after successfully escaping the dragon's wrath. Evil never
wins.
Inside the castle walls…
Merle and Jake would not
last another two days in this place. They had to get out of here fast, but how?
They hadn't had any food in a week and their water supply was very low. Rats
scattered across the floor going to where ever rats go. The sewers probably.
Guards had been in and out checking on them. Darkness surrounded Merle and she
welcomed it.
Jake was doing more or less as bad as she was.
Hanging almost lifeless against the wall. The only thing keeping him alive was
the fact his sister was still there for him. Spiders lingered on the ceiling
with roaches and rats on the floor. Nobody could enjoy this place. None would
be crazy enough to want to stay here for any more than a minute. They were
going to get out of here, but how was the question. Darkness also surrounded
him and like Merle, he welcomed it.
A little later…
Light filled the room, but wait. 'What room' Jake
asked himself as he looked around and he eyes adjusted to the light. Merle
voiced it aloud, "What happened?" What they saw shocked them beyond belief.
Hey guys. I hope you enjoyed that chapter. The
chapter is the epilogue ok? Hope you enjoy it. Please review I really like your
opinions. Catch ya later. Ja ne. ~Firestone~
